diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index f2b2792..769c211 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 CHANGES
 =======
 
-3.0rc3 (TBD)
-------------
+3.0rc3 (2026-01-30)
+-------------------
 
 The single file module affine.py has been moved to affine/__init__.py so that
 a py.typed file can be distributed in the same directory (#136).
diff --git a/src/affine/__init__.py b/src/affine/__init__.py
index 41c54ed..5f55520 100644
--- a/src/affine/__init__.py
+++ b/src/affine/__init__.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 __all__ = ["Affine"]
 __author__ = "Sean Gillies"
-__version__ = "3.0rc2"
+__version__ = "3.0rc4.dev0"
 
 EPSILON: float = 1e-5
 EPSILON2: float = 1e-10